Re: [PATCH 2/2] bluetooth: Convert BT_DBG to pr_debug

[Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko.news@gmail.com>]

Hi Joe,

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:51:44PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-13 at 07:37 +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > > No need to obfuscate, just use the normal debugging macro.
> > > Add "\n" to uses, align arguments, coalesce formats.
> > > Fix a typo and fix a bad format extended by a line continuation.
> > what is this patch buying us.
> 
> Easier greps of pr_debug.

This depends what are you grepping for: for all usage of pr_debug or only
for bluetooth related debugs ;)

> BT_DBG is just an unnecessary useless wrapper.

I think at some point we need to remove the wrapper and switch to common 
debug function like dev_dbg but what is the point just renaming it?

Best regards 
Andrei Emeltchenko 

> 
> > The only useful change would be to move to dev_printk, but we are not
> > there yet.
> 
> Maybe dev_dbg, but there isn't always an
> appropriate device * available.
> 
> There are many uses of:
> 	pr_debug("%s ...", (some struct hci_dev *)->name, ...)
> 
> that could be something like
> 
> hci_dev_dbg((some struct hci_dev *), fmt, ...)
>